Blight fungus. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Phytophthora sp. fungus. The yellow structures are sporangia, capsules in which the re

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Blight fungus. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Phytophthora sp. fungus. The yellow structures are sporangia, capsules in which the reproductive cells (spores) are formed. Phytophthora sp. fungi cause a number of economically important diseases including potato blight and tomato blight. Magnification: x820 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

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Keywords: biological, biology, blight, coloured, false-coloured, fungal, fungus, hypha, hyphae, microbiological, microbiology, mycology, pathogen, phytophthora, plant, potato, reproductive, sem, sp, sporangia, sporangium, structure